Flights from Russia to the US

[CyberSamurai013 69]

ok...im bored. But it's kinda fun messing with dates and prices. Again play with the days/dates. I just chose ..Thursday I think...

Moscow > NYC = $502 + $149 taxes & fees = $651 USD per person

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NYC > Detroit = $118 + $21 taxes & fees = $139 USD per person

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Thank you for your help

[james&olya 1,121]

Anyone have experience with LOT? We saw some flights from Moscow to Chicago via Warsaw on LOT Airlines. I am curious as to what their service and planes are like, etc. I know Aeroflot was amazing but they cost several hundred dollars more.

Wait, who hijacked my thread? lol

I flew LOT from Warsaw to Chicago in June last year. Good plane, friendly attendants, food OK. But we were over 2 hours late leaving from Warsaw and I missed my connection. I was told in Chicago that happens often with LOT.

[eekee 182]

I feel like that happens a lot with ALL airlines.

SwissAir is the worst because Zurich and the Zurich airport are SO BORING that it really sucks when your flight is delayed or you have to stay overnight.

[Captain Hammer 113]

Thans for the information. Can you tell us how you got a visa to Russia "just in case"? I would like to do that as Donetsk is close to Russia and Alla has relatrives just across the border and we never really know when we would like to go there and visit but for me to attend Sergey's graduation this year in Moscow and for our previous visits, there was no "just in case" about it. Many of us here would like to know about that.

Your experience would be invaluable.

Your confusion is understandable. This process can sometimes be a bit daunting, especially if you’re an inexperienced traveler. The visa I’m about to discuss, and the one which I obtained, is a single-entry tourist visa to Russia, good for 30 days. The dates and places I mention are examples. You can use this visa at any regular port of entry.

Your guess is correct that the Russian visa application requires an itinerary,but it does not require actual dates within that itinerary. I.e., if you list Moscow on your itinerary, you are not required to say what dates you will be in Moscow. The implication is that at some time in between the entry date and exit date, you will be in Moscow. The itinerary requirements, as noted on the visa application form, only require you list places you will be, not the dates you will be in those places.

One other thing to note about the Russian tourist visa: the entry and exit dates that you put on your application are not hard dates as long as you enter on or after the entry date, and leave before or on the exit date. For example, if I list an entry date of May 20, and an exit date of June 18, then I have a full 30 days of “just in case” time to visit Russia. I can use any contiguous block of that time, from a single day to the full 30 days.

Armed with this knowledge, a “just in case” (30 day tourist) visa is quite simple. Again, I highly recommend using a visa service such as has been mentioned here by several posters.

Let me know if you have any more questions, I’ll do my best to answer them. Best of luck on your trip!

[noamoore 0]

Good point about the cards. She is russian. She is eventually going to want to return to Russia for a vacation. Seriously, this is not going to be her first trip back and forth. Nor is it going to be yours. I have flown into Moscow from the US 4 times now. lol

[AmyWrites 593]

I've only flown to Moscow but if it's any help I've found British Airways was the cheapest airline to fly to Russia.

[SMR 368]

She can fly through any country...she just can't leave the customs area. Short lay over...np.

Technically true but one thing has come up before that you need to keep in mind. If any of the flights are between two cities in the same visa region you will need to pass through visa control because it's a domestic flight. So, a single stop in Canada or Europe is okay. But if you have a flight from one Canadian airport to another (or, more likely, from one Schengen airport to another), you will need to work on visas for Canada or Schengen. In short, one stop is okay. Two stops in Canada or Europe is a problem.

[SMR 368]

Your confusion is understandable. This process can sometimes be a bit daunting, especially if you’re an inexperienced traveler. The visa I’m about to discuss, and the one which I obtained, is a single-entry tourist visa to Russia, good for 30 days. The dates and places I mention are examples. You can use this visa at any regular port of entry.

Your guess is correct that the Russian visa application requires an itinerary,but it does not require actual dates within that itinerary. I.e., if you list Moscow on your itinerary, you are not required to say what dates you will be in Moscow. The implication is that at some time in between the entry date and exit date, you will be in Moscow. The itinerary requirements, as noted on the visa application form, only require you list places you will be, not the dates you will be in those places.

One other thing to note about the Russian tourist visa: the entry and exit dates that you put on your application are not hard dates as long as you enter on or after the entry date, and leave before or on the exit date. For example, if I list an entry date of May 20, and an exit date of June 18, then I have a full 30 days of “just in case” time to visit Russia. I can use any contiguous block of that time, from a single day to the full 30 days.

Armed with this knowledge, a “just in case” (30 day tourist) visa is quite simple. Again, I highly recommend using a visa service such as has been mentioned here by several posters.

Let me know if you have any more questions, I’ll do my best to answer them. Best of luck on your trip!

One thing to note is that most visa services offer a single entry and a double entry visa. The price is typically the same for either. The only thing different is that the double entry visa takes a couple extra days to process. As long as you are planning this far enough in advance and it's an "just in case" visa, get the double entry. Then you have two "just in case"s. It's still only good for a month.

[slim 1,525]

Good point about the cards. She is russian. She is eventually going to want to return to Russia for a vacation. Seriously, this is not going to be her first trip back and forth. Nor is it going to be yours. I have flown into Moscow from the US 4 times now. lol

My wife's been here for five years and hasn't gone back yet.

Doesn't want to either.

[Neonred 3,564]

My wife's been here for five years and hasn't gone back yet.

Doesn't want to either.

Same here. Earlier this year I suggested we go back for a visit and to see our friends. She said " No way. That place is a dump. I want to go some place nice"

Saturday my step daughter arrives from Russia to stay and live here. Direct flight from Moscow to Miami on Transaero airlines for $528 one way including taxes and fees.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Same here. Earlier this year I suggested we go back for a visit and to see our friends. She said " No way. That place is a dump. I want to go some place nice"

Saturday my step daughter arrives from Russia to stay and live here. Direct flight from Moscow to Miami on Transaero airlines for $528 one way including taxes and fees.

Congratulations and good price!

Sergey just bought his round trip tickets DME to JFK for $763 to arrive January 3 and return January 21. We will buy him a round trip from JFK to BTV for $98

When Alla and Pasha came we also used one way tickets as they were the cheapest.

[eekee 182]

Yeah, I just bought roundtrip St. P>Moscow>NYC for 784$ on Aeroflot for xmas/new yeara holidays. Everything else was well over a thousand dollars.

[ONA 133]

Yeah, I just bought roundtrip St. P>Moscow>NYC for 784$ on Aeroflot for xmas/new yeara holidays. Everything else was well over a thousand dollars.

I flew here with a round-trip ticket Moscow-Vienna-Washington DC, which cost a little bit over $900. That was the cheapest price - everything else was about $1200. One-way tickets were about 3 times more expensive I checked millions of times, I thought I went crazy or something when I saw the prices for one-way tickets. That was summer though, the tickets were more expensive in summer.

[eekee 182]

I flew here with a round-trip ticket Moscow-Vienna-Washington DC, which cost a little bit over $900. That was the cheapest price - everything else was about $1200. One-way tickets were about 3 times more expensive I checked millions of times, I thought I went crazy or something when I saw the prices for one-way tickets. That was summer though, the tickets were more expensive in summer.

Yeah, tickets are more expensive in summer because no one wants to fly to Russia in winter. I couldn't find any frequent flyer tickets for either leg of the trip this round though, which was a bummer.